Welfare and social policy in Britain since 1870 : essays in honour of Jose Harris / Lawrence Goldman.

First edition.

9780191871399 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

English

1 online resource.

HN390

361.610941

This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the ideas that have shaped the development of British social policy, and on the thinkers who have inspired and also contested the welfare state. It thereby constructs an intellectual history of British welfare since the concept first emerged at the end of the nineteenth century.

This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the ideas that have shaped the development of British social policy, and on the thinkers who have inspired and also contested the welfare state. It thereby constructs an intellectual history of British welfare since the concept first emerged at the end of the nineteenth century.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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